So I guess I'm reluctant when it comes to looking for information in blogs, but on the occasion that I might want to find a bit of information I know to be in a blog, I can't really do better than Technorati. I take a little bit of an issue with the portmanteau that is the engine's name - I don't consider many bloggers to be members of the literati - but such things have gotten in my way before, and I've learned to shrug them off like Bertie often shrugs off Jeeve's subtle reproaches.
I already use tags in this blog, as I have in others and on the wikis that I am a member of. Maybe this is one of those difference between digital natives and digital immigrants. I hate to group myself in with the rest of my generation at times, mostly due to the fear of being labled stuck up, entitled, or naive when it comes to the difficulties of my elders, but this is one of those cases where I guess I have to.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Charlotte-Mecklenburg 23 Things: Thing #12
I really enjoyed searching for and in Rollyo. I made one for quick reference, even though "reference" is a category within Rollyo. Oh well! The only downside I can see is that some searchable resources available at the library wouldn't be searchable alongside web sites, but I guess that's something I can live with. Using something like Rollyo is a lot easier compared to Google, especially if you find yourself using the same resources (Wikipedia, Snopes, etc.) over and over anyway. Just another thing to help sift through the sand!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Charlotte-Mecklenburg 23 Things: Thing #13
After poking around a bit in the PLCMLC2 del.icio.us, I decided to go out on my own limb and search for tags relating to Sims 3. Those who pre-ordered the game get it shipped out to them on February 20th, but I haven't yet made the decision to purchase the software.
So I decided to do some research. Now, I know that if I were to pop the search term "Sims 3" into Google, I'd get whatever Google deemed the most relevant and usefule links. However, in del.icio.us, the only problem I found in doing research concerning what the game would include was that there were multiple tags for the official Sims 3 website. But I guess that's just part of the nature of folksonomies.
One of the links I looked at broken videos (no sound!) but otherwise I learned a lot about the different features that Sims 3 will have. I like del.icio.us as a research tool, because the results are automatically sorted in a way - I mean, after all, it takes time to add something to a del.icio.us, so even if it's only an extra few seconds/mouse clicks, people aren't going to do it higgildy-piggildy.
So I decided to do some research. Now, I know that if I were to pop the search term "Sims 3" into Google, I'd get whatever Google deemed the most relevant and usefule links. However, in del.icio.us, the only problem I found in doing research concerning what the game would include was that there were multiple tags for the official Sims 3 website. But I guess that's just part of the nature of folksonomies.
One of the links I looked at broken videos (no sound!) but otherwise I learned a lot about the different features that Sims 3 will have. I like del.icio.us as a research tool, because the results are automatically sorted in a way - I mean, after all, it takes time to add something to a del.icio.us, so even if it's only an extra few seconds/mouse clicks, people aren't going to do it higgildy-piggildy.
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